Hanger or bracket



HANGER OR BRACKET Filed Feb. 14, 1931 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 28, 1933 HANGER 0a BRACKET Jacob Kronheim, Cleveland, Ohio Application February 14, 1931. Serial No. 515,782

Claims.

My invention relates to an improvement in supports, and more particularly metal hangers or brackets, and in general my object is to provide an angular hanger or bracket whch may be l readily attached to a wall or rail and to which a coiled spring or other device made of wire may be readily hooked, fastened or clamped.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. l is a perspective view of a spring hanger or bracket conlo structed according to my ideas, and Figs. 2 and 3 are similar views of modifications thereof. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a rail having a two-piece hanger fixed thereto, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of this extensible hanger. Fig. 6 is a per- 18 'spective view of a further modified form of hanger of the same general shape as the extensible hanger but made in one piece.

The invention involves a hanger or bracket A, which in its simplest form consists of a fiat strip 20 'of metal bent at right angles to provide a relatively long main body portion or branch 2 and a short arm or branch 3, the longer branch 2 being adapted to be fixed flat against a vertical wall or one side of a rail B, and the shorter arm 3 serving to embrace a horizontal surface such as either the bottom or upper straight edge of the rail. One or more openings 4 are provided in each branch or arm to permit this angle member to be nailed or screwed rigidly to the rail. Angle brackets of this plain type are known and therefore disclaimed herein, but the present hanger or bracket is particularly constructed to promote and facilitate the attachment of a coiled spring C and/or a wire D in definitely fixed positions on the rail, and to achieve that purpose one or both branches of the hanger are stamped or pressed outwardly at predetermined places therein to provide a channeled rib, offset or loop 5 transversely thereof, preferably near or adjacent the angular corner or bend 6 in the hanger. In Fig. l, the channeled rib or loop 5 is formed in the longer branch 2 of the hanger which may be narrower at this point near the angular corner to more readily permit the hooked end 7 of a coiled spring C to be connected therewith. The entire short arm portion of the hanger may be made narrower than main branch 2 as shown in Figs. 1

and 2, inasmuch as the strain or pull of the spring or load is applied close to the angle or bend in the hanger and longitudinally of arm 3 to the nail or screw which passes at right angles through the perforation in said arm.

One or more channeled ribs, offsets or loops 5 may be formed in the hanger, and in Fig. 2 I show 55 a modified form of hanger A having a second channeled rib or loop 8 stamped across the upper part of the main branch 2 intermediate 8. pair of nail or screw openings 44 therein. In Fig. 3 I show a hanger A2 having a channeled rib or loop 8 in short arm 3, and in each case the second channeled rib portion 8 is utilized for attachment purposes, being especially useful for fastening or clamping a wire member D against rail B, either against the side thereof, or against one or both of the edges of the rail, say as indicated in Fig. 4 where the wire member D is clamped upon the upper edge of rail B by the channeled rib or offset 8 in arm 3.

The modified form of hanger A3 shown in Figs. 4 and 5 comprises two angular members 9 and 10, respectively, extensibly connected together, each member having one or more channeled ribs or loops 5 or 8 therein. As shown the vertical branch of member 9 is also formed with reverted edges or flanges 12 to receive and confine the perforated branch 13 of angle member 10. Branch 13 is also provided with a channeled portion 5 to receive and hold a wire D' as indicated in Fig. 4. In Fig. 6 I show a one-piece hanger A4 having a short angular arm or branch 3 at each end thereof, the main body portion 2 having a channeled rib 5 near one angular corner or bend therein, and one of the short arms 3 having a channeled rib 8 therein.

What I claim is:

1. A rail hanger for furniture comprising a flat strip of metal bent at right angles to form a straight main body and a branch and perforated to permit its attachment to a rail parallel to the side and end walls thereof, the main body having a pair of parallel approximately half circular channeled offsets therein adapted to form closed loops with the side wall of a rail to permit of ready attachment of wire members thereto and securing said members close to said rail.

2. A rail hanger for furniture comprising a flat strip of metal bent at right angles to provide a relatively long body portion and a short arm, said body portion and arm being each formed with an open channeled offset transversely thereof to permit of ready attachment of wire members thereto for securing the said members adjacent the face of a rail.

3. A rail hanger for upholstered furniture comprising a flat strip of metal bent at right angles at opposite ends thereof and perforated near each end, the central body portion and one angular end portion having unrestricted channeled Offsets extending transversely thereof to permit of ready attachment of wire members thereto for securing the said members close to the face of a rail.

4. A rail hanger for furniture comprising a perforated strip of metal bent at right angles near one end thereof to provide a straight main body and a branch, means on said body and branch to secure same to a rail, when said main body and branch contact with the side and end walls of the rail throughout substantiallyrthe entire length of said body and branch, and an outwardly pressed curved portion in said main" body arranged in angular relationship to the. longitudinal axis of said body and adjacent one the rail.

JACOB KRONHEIM. 

